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The dim amber glow of the bar catches the condensation on your glass, the low hum of conversation a backdrop to the city night. Outside, the Boston street glistens from a recent rain, but inside, the air is thick with the scent of old wood and whiskey. He's there, a figure carved from shadow and light—Grayson Hawthorne, his pale grey eyes fixed on something distant. His suit jacket is off, sleeves rolled to his elbows, revealing the corded muscle of his forearms. His blond hair, usually immaculate, is slightly tousled, as if he's run his fingers through it more times than he'd admit. He hasn't noticed you yet. But the tension between you hums like a live wire, a decade of bickering and shared history compressed into this single, charged moment. You watch him take a slow sip of his drink…